Index: binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/components/ProductionQueue.js
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--- binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/components/ProductionQueue.js
+++ binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/components/ProductionQueue.js
@@ -354,11 +354,15 @@
 				return;
 
 			// Tell the technology manager that we have started researching this so that people can't research the same
-			// thing twice.
+			// thing twice and update the state of production as started.
 			var cmpTechnologyManager = QueryOwnerInterface(this.entity, IID_TechnologyManager);
 			cmpTechnologyManager.QueuedResearch(templateName, this.entity);
+			let started = false;
 			if (this.queue.length == 0)
-				cmpTechnologyManager.StartedResearch(templateName, false);
+			{
+				cmpTechnologyManager.StartedResearch(templateName, true);
+				started = true;
+			}
 
 			this.queue.push({
 				"id": this.nextID++,
@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@
 				"count": 1,
 				"technologyTemplate": templateName,
 				"resources": cost,
-				"productionStarted": false,
+				"productionStarted": started,
 				"timeTotal": time*1000,
 				"timeRemaining": time*1000,
 			});